Despite his side’s lofty position, Macclesfield manager Gary Simpson is refusing to get carried away with his side’s good run of form.

Macc dismantled Aldershot to clock up their fourth straight league win at the Moss Rose but Simpson was angry the Silkmen had wasted a host of chances in a dominant first half.

“I wouldn’t say we cruised it, I thought they were quite good on the break in the second half and I thought we made it difficult for ourselves,” he said after Macc had led only through a Colin Daniel goal as the teams turned around.

“I don’t often come in and give them a volley but I did at half-time because the game should have been over by then if we’d taken our chances.

“In the second half we had to dig in because they came into it and they’ve got pace in the team, they can break on you and they can play.”

Daniel and Matty Hamshaw had failed to capitalise on their early chances, while Macc keeper Jose Veiga was grateful to Aristote Nsiala’s goal-line clearance from Anthony Straker shortly before Daniel’s close-range finish on 17 minutes.

The hosts could have been four or five goals up by the interval through Tyrone Barnett, Hamshaw and Nat Brown but, with just a one-goal lead, they were put on the back foot as Aldershot pushed for a leveller.

However the win, sealed by Barnett’s cool finish at pace 15 minutes from time, lifted Macc to 10th in League Two.

While his team – carefully assembled on a shoestring budget – sit within touching distance of the top seven, Simpson insists that a 50-point target still stands.

“I think we’ve got a decent little squad together,” he added. “They’ve been a credit so far but there’s nothing given out at this time of year.

“We’ve got another three points and we’re nearer to the target that we want to get to so we’ll just keep going.

“When we came here we had a massive rebuilding job to do and, when you’re trying to rebuild when you ain’t got much to rebuild with, then it takes a bit of time.

“The squad have been a credit so far but there’s nothing given out at this time of year.

“We’ve got another three points and we’re nearer to the target that we want to get to so we’ll just keep going.

“I’m not looking to the play-offs, 50 points is our target and as soon as we get there, which will be as soon as possible, then we’ll see where that takes us.

“I’ve been in this game far too long to get carried away and start saying, ‘we’re this, that and the other’ but I know that on our day we’re a match for most teams.

“The lads are a credit with the effort and commitment they put into this club and it’s great to see the supporters behind them, long may it continue.”